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Thesaurus: solve

To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem.

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  1. v. t. To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem.
  2. n. A solution; an explanation.
  3. v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
  4. v. find the solution
  5. v. settle, as of a debt
  6. To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem. True piety would effectually solve such scruples. South. God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. Tickell. Syn. -- To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up. A solution; an explanation. [Obs.] Shak.
  7. To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up out to a resultor conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solvea problem.True piety would effectually solve such scruples. South.God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. Tickell.
  8. v:100 v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of